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In reply to the discussion: A Note On 'Drone Strikes', Ladies And Gentlemen [View all]dtom67
(634 posts)this issue has nothing to do with terrorists . It has to do with the fight against the police state that America is becoming.
If I go to a local mall and kill a dozen people, I cannot justify my actions by claiming that they were criminals. Even if I was right, my actions would still be ( rightfully ) deemed criminal.
Democrats will do nothing on this issue because the President is a Dem; the GOP will not do anything on this issue because they are salivating at the idea that they will have this power when they win the White House. No one will bother asking themselves about the real issue; is it right or wrong.
Just using the term " terrorist " does not automatically make an argument true. But most Americans are so lazy-minded that they want single words to carry such meaning that they do not need to think further. Hence, " terrorist ": an evil fill-in-the-blank ( it was "Aay-rab", but it seems that we are expanding the scope daily ) that is to be executed on sight because they are freedom-hating bad guys.
Support this policy if you want. But when President Scott Walker " drones " your local teachers' Union terrorist cell, you must take some of the credit for yourself. When your local Republican sheriff drones the local cafe where your son or daughter works, remember that their death helped in the fight against the "Evil-doers".
It seems as if we are in a race against time; can we set up a totalitarian police state in America before we die? The trick, of course, is to die before future generations realize that our lazy, morally bankrupt asses left them in an Orwellian shithouse...